Schmidt Markus, Torgersen Helge, Ganguli-Mitra Agomoni, Kelle Alexander, Deplazes Anna, Biller-Andorno Nikola
Biosafety Working Group, Organisation for International Dialogue and Conflict Management (IDC), Vienna, Austria,
Syst Synth Biol. 2008 Jun;2(1-2):7-17. doi: 10.1007/s11693-008-9019-y. Epub 2008 Sep 18.
As part of the SYNBIOSAFE project, we carried out an open electronic conference (e-conference), with the aim to stimulate an open debate on the societal issues of synthetic biology in a proactive way. The e-conference attracted 124 registered participants from 23 different countries and different professional backgrounds, who wrote 182 contributions in six different categories: (I) Ethics; (II) Safety; (III) Security; (IV) IPR; (V) Governance and regulation; (VI) and Public perception. In this paper we discuss the main arguments brought up during the e-conference and provide our conclusions about how the community thinks, and thinks differently on the societal impact of synthetic biology. Finally we conclude that there is a chance for an open discourse on the societal issues of synthetic biology happening, and that the rules to govern such a discourse might be set up much easier and be respected more readily than many would suggest.
作为合成生物学安全项目的一部分，我们举办了一次开放式电子会议，旨在以积极主动的方式激发关于合成生物学社会问题的公开辩论。这次电子会议吸引了来自23个不同国家、具有不同专业背景的124名注册参与者，他们在六个不同类别中撰写了182份文稿：（I）伦理；（II）安全；（III）安保；（IV）知识产权；（V）治理与监管；（VI）公众认知。在本文中，我们讨论了电子会议期间提出的主要论点，并给出我们关于该领域如何看待以及在合成生物学社会影响方面存在哪些不同看法的结论。最后，我们得出结论，关于合成生物学社会问题进行公开讨论是有可能的，而且管理这种讨论的规则可能比许多人认为的更容易制定且更易得到遵守。
